Signalling Pathways 2016 – Personalised Medicine

ELCC 2016 – Lung Cancer

Mark you diaries now for ELCC 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland. 13-16 April 2016

IMPAKT 2016 – Breast Cancer

Save the date for the IMPAKT 2016 breast cancer conference: 12-14 May 2016

ESMO 2016 Congress

Mark you diaries now for ESMO 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark. 7-11 October 2016

ESMO 2017 Congress

Save the date for ESMO 2017: 8-12 September 2017 in Madrid, Spain

Preceptorship Meetings

Educational events on specific topics or cancer types and aim to provide a learning experience and training for young oncologists

Workshops & Courses

ESMO fosters the advancement of cancer research by supporting clinical trials workshops to inspire young oncologists from different disciplines across the globe to become the next generation of active researchers.

Patient Guides

Our cervical cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer patient guides are now available in Italian

Personalised Medicine Explained

Video interviews and articles designed to help patients, policy makers and other non-medical professionals better understand the principles of personalised cancer medicine

Getting the Most out of Your Oncologist

Now available in Greek, our Guide for Patients with Advanced Cancer is designed for patients, their family members and oncologists.

Designated Centres of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care

The ESMO Designated Centres of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care accreditation programme recognises cancer centres which provide comprehensive services in supportive and palliative care as part of their routine care.

ESMO Designated Centre of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care

History

The Clinical Oncology Department of Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital is a comprehensive oncology centre under the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong. We provide a full spectrum of non-surgical cancer treatments to cancer patients including active oncological treatment and holistic palliative care.

Profile

Our centre provides full spectrum non-surgical cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and holistic palliative care.
We see about 3000 new cancer patients per year. Our medical team has 8 clinical oncologists, and we have 56 in-patient beds (44 for general oncology and 12 for palliative care).
Our centre is well equipped with comprehensive facilities for chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Our radiotherapy facilities include: Linear accelerator with image guided facility (on board KV imaging, cone beam CT), 4D CT simulator for breathing management, stereotactic radiotherapy facility, high dose rate brachytherapy, radioisotope therapy.We have a day Chemotherapy Centre providing chemotherapy infusion service. We also have a Palliative Day Care Centre offering multidisciplinary out-patient treatment, day care and home care.

Palliative and supportive care

Our centre offers a holistic palliative care service.
Our scope of service includes in-patient care, out-patient clinic, day care service and home hospice care.
Our multidisciplinary team is comprised of palliative care specialist, palliative nurse specialist, home care nurse, medical social worker, chaplain and dietitian.
We have strong support from the psychiatrist and clinical psychologist. We also have a well trained team of volunteers who provide support for patients in hospital, day centre and at home. We have liaison with charity organizations which offer additional community home support and bereavement service.